brood
n. 一窝, 一伙 vt. 孵, 沉思
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一窝；一伙
孵；沉思
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The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
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The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
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The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
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The children in one family; offspring.
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That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
可数 不可数[…] flocks of the airy brood, Cranes, geese or long-neck'd swans, here, there, proud of their pinions fly […]
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Parentage.
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Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.
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To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
及物Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.
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To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
及物In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
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(typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone.
不及物He sat brooding over the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.
1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados Fitzwilliam was of a genial, even playful, disposition, but he had come home brooding and depressed.
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To be bred.
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Kept or reared for breeding.
brood ducks
a brood mare
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From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
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